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  • The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith, By Mark A. Noll
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    The New Shape of World Christianity

    How American Experience Reflects Global Faith

    by Mark A. Noll

    • 2010 Christianity Today Book Award winner

    With characteristic rigor and insight, in this book Mark Noll revisits the history of the American church in the context of world events. He makes the compelling case that how Americans have come to practice the Christian faith is just as globally important as what the American church has done ...

  • Intergenerational Christian Formation: Bringing the Whole Church Together in Ministry, Community, and Worship, By Holly Catterton Allen and Christine Lawton and Cory L. Seibel
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    Intergenerational Christian Formation

    Bringing the Whole Church Together in Ministry, Community, and Worship

    by Holly Catterton Allen, Christine Lawton, and Cory L. Seibel
    Foreword by Jason Brian Santos

    "One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts." —Psalm 145:4

    Most churches and faith communities segment their ministries by age and generation. In some congregations, people may never interact with those of other ages. But it was not always so. Throughout biblical tradition and the majority of history, communities of faith included people ...

  • A Just Mission: Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality, By Mekdes Haddis
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    A Just Mission

    Laying Down Power and Embracing Mutuality

    by Mekdes Haddis
    Foreword by Latasha Morrison

    Why do American Christians travel overseas to reach people in distant lands, but neglect ministering to people who immigrate from those lands to their home communities?

    Why does Western missions funding depend on narratives that marginalize indigenous leadership?

    Why are diaspora Christians from the Global South not seen as legitimate missionaries to the West?

    Western ...

  • Ancient Christian Devotional: Lectionary Cycle A, Edited by Cindy Crosby
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    Ancient Christian Devotional

    Lectionary Cycle A

    Ancient Christian Devotional Set

    Edited by Cindy Crosby
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    "To search the sacred Scripture is very good and most profitable for the soul. For, 'like a tree which is planted near the running waters,' so does the soul watered by sacred Scripture also grow hearty and bear fruit in due season," writes John of Damascus in Orthodox Faith (4.17). By helping us to read holy writings with ancient eyes, the church fathers help us drink deeply from the only ...

  • Faithful Antiracism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change, By Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan
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    Faithful Antiracism

    Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change

    by Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan
    Foreword by Korie Little Edwards and Michael O. Emerson

    Reader's Choice Award Winner

    It's time to move past talk. It's no longer news to most of us that our society has a deep-seated racism problem. Christians of all ethnic and economic backgrounds are tired of seeing the ugly legacy of racism play out before their eyes and feeling ill-equipped to respond. They watch as friends and family members leave the visible ...

  • The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition, Edited by Samuel L. Bray and Drew Nathaniel Keane
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    The 1662 Book of Common Prayer

    International Edition

    Edited by Samuel L. Bray and Drew Nathaniel Keane

    A Prayerbook for All Christians and All Nations

    The Book of Common Prayer (1662) is one of the most beloved liturgical texts in the Christian church, and remains a definitive expression of Anglican identity today. It is still widely used around the world, in public worship and private devotion, and is revered for both its linguistic and theological ...

  • Ancient Christian Devotional: Lectionary Cycle B, Edited by Cindy Crosby
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    Ancient Christian Devotional

    Lectionary Cycle B

    Ancient Christian Devotional Set

    Edited by Cindy Crosby
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    Reading the writings of early church fathers points us to the deep joy that awaits us in Christ when we drink deeply from Scripture, the only water that can give us true life. This guide for reflection combines excerpts from the writings of the church fathers as found in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture with a simple structure for daily or weekly reading and prayer. Included are fifty-two ...

  • The 1662 Book of Common Prayer—Pew Format: International Edition, Edited by Samuel L Bray and Drew Keane
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    The 1662 Book of Common Prayer—Pew Format

    International Edition

    Edited by Samuel L Bray and Drew Keane

    The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition in pew format

    The Book of Common Prayer (1662) is one of the most beloved liturgical texts in the Christian church, and remains a definitive expression of Anglican identity today. It is still widely used around the world, in public worship and private devotion, and is revered for both its linguistic and theological ...